Portable cabinet and foldable stand therefor



y 1930- E. c. HOYER, JR., El A1 1,770,156

PORTABLE CABINET AND FOLDABLE STAND THEREFOR Filed Sept. 8, 1928' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gwuwntow l. aHo er Jr: /7, 5.1 2 ev-re- July 8, 1930. c, HQYER, ET AL 1,770,156

' PORTABLE CABINET AND FOLDABLE STAND THEREFOR 7 Filed Sept. 8, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 (Immig- Patented July 8, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD (J. HOYEB, J'RL, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, AND FRANK CINCINNATI, OHIO 3. LE FEVRE, OF

VPORTABLE CABINET AND FOLDABLE STAND THEREFOR Application filed September 8, 1928. .Serial No. 304,708.

J tion of this kind particularly adapted to portable phonograph cabinets, wherein the cabinet is formed with a phonograph compartment and a stand containing compartment into which the stand may be folded, there being a slide closing the bottom of this compartment and holding the folded stand in place.

A further object is to provide a construction of this character in which the stand is formed of a plurality of sections preferably 29 of thin sheet metal adapted to be folded into parallel relation and within the cabinet and in which the sections of the stand may be locked in their unfolded and supporting position;

panying drawings wherein[ Figure 1 is a perspective view of a'portable 1 cabinet and foldable stand constructed in ac- I cordance with our invention;

'Fig, 2 is a vertical section of the stand une folded;

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of flange 18 showing means for holding the two flanges together; and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the. cabinet and the stand, showing the stand" folded. p 7

Fig- 5 is a face view of the bolt carrying flange and of the-nut, the bolt being in section.

' "Referring to these drawings 10 designates the cabinet which, as before remarked is par 'ticularly designed for holding a portable phonograph. This cabinet has the cover 11 and the bottom of the cabinet is formed by a 3 slide 12 operatingin grooves so that when the slide is withdrawn, the entire bottom of the cabinet is open. .A partition 13 forms the bottom of the phonograph compartment and the top of the compartment wherein the foldable stand may be collapsed and held. 7

against each other. with key-hole slots 19 and the other carries a .Our invention is illustrated in the accornawayas at 16, so as to reduce weight as much as possible without reducingstrength. 'The flanges 15 at their upper end are pivoted at 17 to the side walls of the cabinet at a point above" the guides for the slide12. The lower end of each of-the sections 14: extends beyond the flanges 15 and, is angularly disposed with relation to the planes of the sections 14 at 18, so that when the sections 14 are swung dowI1-" ward into convergent relation, as illustrated in Fig. 2,-these lower flanges 18 will abut One flange is formed bolt 20, whereby these flanges may be held to-" getherin abutting relation. Any number of these bolts 20 may be used and we do not wish to be limited to the useof these bolts as means for fastening these flanges to each other as other fastening or engaging means may be used. I

Disposed below the sections 14 are the sections 21 also preferably made of thin sheet metal and having lateral flanges 22. These lateral flanges at their upper ends are piv-- oted to the lower end ofthe flanges 15 at23, in such manner that the sections 21 may turn up inside of and against the lower face of the y sections 14, Knee braces 24, formed in two jointed sections areeachpivoted at its upper .8 end to theflanges 15 and at its lower end to the fianges 22. These knee braces break outward at the middle, as shown in Fig. 2, sothat they ma'y fold up upon each other when-the sections 21 are folded up within the sectionslh r The lowest sections 25 are also formed of thin sheet metal. having lateral flanges 26 and these are inserted within the lower'ends of'the sections '21 and are pivoted at 27 within these sections so that the sections 25 may fold up within and against the underface of the sections 21. When these sections 25 are extended they will be in line with the sections 21 and extend divergently downward, and

within the sections 14.. It will be noted from Fig. 2, that the lateral flanges 15.of one' of the sections 14 are angularly bent at 28 and the pivots '17 for these sections pass through the extremities of these angularly bent terminals of the fianges 15 of this section. This is to permit oneof these sections 14' to be dis- 1 posed in't'li'e upperportion of the stand con- 15 t aining compartment, while the other section is disposed in'the lowerportion.

Asillustrated, one of the flanges 18 is c formed with holes for the passage of the bolts 20, the other flange being formed with the key-hole slots 19, as previouslystated. The bolts 20 are passed'through the round holes in the flange 18 of the left hand plate in Fig.2 and lock'thereto' by a thin hexagon nut, the diameter of which is small enough to permit it to fit within the hole of the keyhole slot in the righthand plate 1 1. The purposeof this key-hole slot is to obviate thenecessity of removing the bolt at any time, thus the bolts 20 are rigidly fixed to thefiange 18 of the left hand section inFig. 2 and a thumb screw is loose on the bolt.

While preferably, the sectionsl l, 21 and 25 will be made of thin sheet metal, yet We do not wish to be limited to this as other material might be used.

constructed in accordance-with our invention can be cheaply made-and is very strong andrigid in use and'may'be folded into a very compact arrangement and enclosed within the phonograph cabinet itself, so that the, standan'dxcabinet may be picked up and carried as one unit, the.stand sections being held within the cabin etiand in folded condition by the 'slide 12. @When itxis desiredito gu se the-standthe slide 12 is withdrawn per mitting the sections 'tobe unfolded'in such manner as" to bring the sections 14' into a downwardly convergent position. ,These 'sectionsare then engaged with 7 each other as by means: of the bolts 20gbr'other I fastening f devicjes,'andt thenthe sections 21am 25 may beturned down intofa downwardly'divergent relation andtheibraces 24brough t to1 their-locking or'vertical position.

While we have particularly designed:this

structure to be used in connection with a por- *table phonograph cabinet,.obviously, we do not wish to be limited. to this, as the-struc time might be used as a: portable table or-as a portable cabinet for, carrying other articles 1 than phonograph's. A cabinet constructed I in accordance with our invention is very com l-pact and may be readily carried on the running board of an automobile and is particularly useful for tourists and campers.

WVhile we have used the term cabinet to designate the box-like structure 10with its cover 11 shown in Fig. 1, this box-like structure being formed with the compartment within which the stand is foldable, we consider the word cabinet to be broad enough to include not only a structure which is closed by the lid, but a box-like structure which is open at its top like a tray but formed with a compartment ,withinwhich the foldable supporting sections of the stand may be folded. What weclaim is Y 1. A cabinet having an open bottom and a closure adaptedto close said bottom and a stand comprising two opposed upper sections pivoted tothe cabinet and adapted to be folded into parallel relation within said cabinet, and lower sections, each pivoted to lie-lowerend of one of the upper sections, and adapted to be folded within the upper sections, and when unfolded to extend downwvard in divergent relation, braces for holding the lower sections in the last named relation to the upper sections, andlowermost tions pivoted to the cabinet and adapted to i [be folded into parallel relation within said i 'It willbe seen'that a1 stand andcabinet the lower end of one of the upper sections,

cabinet, and lowersections, each pivoted to ward in divergent relation, braces for holding the lower sections in the lastnamed relation to the upper sections,'lowermost. sections pivoted to the, lower ends of the second named sections and adapted to be turned into alinement therewith or into parallel relation" therewith, each cof these sections being formed of thinsheet material flanged at, th i lateral marginsi 8, A structure of the character described comprising a cabinet open at its'bottom, a

closure adapted to close thebottom of the cabinet, opposed sheet metal standsections each pivotally connected at its upper:v end to the side walls of the cabinet and adapted to be" folded up within'the cabinetin parallel relation or extending downward into convergent relation, each of said sections at its lower margin havlng an annular flange the flanges abutting when thesections are turned into convergent relation, fastening means detachably holding said flanges abutted, and a plurality of sheet metal sections pivotally connected to each other and to thelower ends of the first named sheet metal sections and foldable into parallel-relation to each other and the first named sections or into a downwardly divergent relation, and foldable braces for holding the last named sections in their divergent relation.

4. A structure of the character described, including a cabinet open at its lower end, a

closure adapted to close the lower end of the cabinet, oppositely disposed sheet metal sections, each flanged at its side margins, the sheet metal sections being pivoted through said flanges to the side Walls of the cabinet above the path of movement of the slide whereby said sections may be turned into parallel relation to the lower end of the cabiturned into parallel or alining relation therewith, and sectional braces connecting the flanges of the first named sections to the flanges of the second named sections.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures.

EDWARD C. HOYER, JR. FRANK B. LE F EVRE. 

